how tedious is retirement! You cannot imagine to yourself the monotony with which day comes after day.

Very unfortunately, she had no husband. She had never had a husband, and therefore did not kill a husband.

Never worry about what you say to a man. They're so conceited that they never believe you mean it if it's unflattering.

You've a pretty good nerve," said Ratchett. "Will twenty thousand dollars tempt you?" It will not." If you're holding out for more, you won't get it. I know what a thing's worth to me." I, also M. Ratchett." What's wrong with my proposition?" Poirot rose. "If you will forgive me for being personal - I do not like your face, M. Ratchett," he said.

I'm going to marry him. And if he thinks he can get divorced and married every two or three years in the approved Hollywood fashion, well, he never made a bigger mistake in his life. He's going to marry and stick to me.

I'm afraid of death... Yes, but that doesn't stop death coming.

The supernatural is only the natural of which the laws are not yet understood.